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Horshoe crabs
Dewey Beach, DE

Fisheries Commission Adopts Short-Term Protections for Delaware Bay Ecosystem

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission today set a two-year pause on the bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, declining to adopt
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2021.11.26 - A small herd of caribou in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - Alaska - Katrina Liebich-UWFWS.jpeg
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

DOI Trades Away Alaskan Refuges, Sells Out Public Lands

The Trump administration dealt a blow to the National Wildlife Refuge System by removing protections from the Arctic and Izembek National Wildlife Refuges. During what
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Bison in field
Wolf Point, Mont.

Proposed Biodiversity Credit Pilot Program a First for Tribes, Healthy Grasslands

A new conservation pilot program will offer industry leaders the opportunity to contribute to the return of bison to tribal lands, which will in turn

Press Releases

Defenders of Wildlife Cautiously Hails BLM’s Renewable Energy and Land Conservation Plan for the California Desert

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2015 Contact: Catalina Tresky: ctresky@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0253 Defenders of Wildlife Cautiously Hails BLM’s Renewable Energy and Land Conservation Plan

Conservationists Criticize Precedent Setting State Wolf Delisting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2015 Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 Conservationists Criticize Precedent Setting State Wolf Delisting SALEM, Ore. – Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife Hails President Obama’s Rejection of the Keystone Pipeline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2015 Contact: Catalina Tresky: ctresky@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0253 Defenders of Wildlife Hails President Obama’s Rejection of the Keystone Pipeline WASHINGTON

Trans-Pacific Partnership Falls Short for Wildlife

Press Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org Washington (November 5, 2015)– The New Zealand government has released the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive trade

25 Senators, Led by Booker and Boxer, Tell Administration to “Veto Extinction”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 25 Senators, Led by Booker and Boxer, Tell Administration to “Veto Extinction” WASHINGTON
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